Apparatus for the photographic reproduction of books, writings, and the like.



H. J ANTSCH. APPARATUS ron THE PHOTOGBAPHIG REPRODUCTION OF BOOKS, WRITINGS, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION TILED MAR. 18, 1911.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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' UNITED sTA ns ra rnn'r orFIcE.

HEINRICH J'ANTSCH. F LEIPZIG, GERMANY.

APPARATUS ron THE rrIoToGnArn'Ic REPRODUCTION or nooks, WRITINGS, arm

THE LIKE.

Patent ed Feb. 3, 1 91.4.

Application filed March 18. 1911. Serial No. 615,405.

Specification of Letters Patent.

T 0 all whom it may com-urn a depending bracket 3, by which it is mount- Be it known that I, Hnmmcu JAs'rscI ed through the medium of lugs 4 on the a subject of the German Emperor, and resiouter pipes 5, 6. The latter are fixed in lugs dent of Leipzig, Germany, have invented. cer- 7 8 ofa plate 9, which is carrie by a rod tain new and useful Improvements in Appa- 1O slidably mounted in a hollow stan 12. ratus for the Photographic Reproduction of On the bracket '3, a rack 29 is disposed, Books, \Vritings, and the like, of which the which projects toward the stand 12. With following is a specification. said rack gears a toothed wheel 30, which is In the known photographic cameras for fixed on the axle 31. Said axle is located in .0 the reproduction of writings, books, drawlugs 32 of the outer pipes 5, 6 and can be ings, pictures or the like, in which the arturned by means of a hand wheel 3 1 in sucht-icle to be reproduced is arranged on a table a way that by the gearing 29, 30 the rear which is adjustable relatively to the objective art 2 of the camera is moved toward the of the camera, the camera must, for consecufront part 16 carrying the objective, or vice 15 tive takings, for instance the pages of a book versa, whereby the bellows of the camera is which areto be of the same proportion o contracted or expanded. In order to' regusize to each other as the original, be sepalate the extent of the movement of said belrately adjusted for the taking of each page lows according to the size of the pictures to with the aid of the opaque glass plate, owing be taken, a pointer 33 is arranged on the 20 to the different distance of each page from the objective To avoid this, according to rack 29} which can be adjusted alon a scale fixed on the lugs 7 and 4 and provided with the present invention, two slides are prothree division-marks K, N, G. The bracket vided which can be adjusted toward a base 17 carrying the part 16 can be shifted and plate and which are guided paralle ly to fixed, by means of set-screws 17', on the in- 25 each other, and of which one carries the ner pipes 13, 1 1 according to the position camera and the other stops which can be of the object to be taken. The rod 10 carries lowered on the article to be a longitudinal toothed rack 18, which gears latter slide, further a scale for adjusting the with a toothed wheel 19. The latter is revcamera slide as well as an illumination de-. olubly mounted in projections 20 o the so vice is arranged. Above the known cart, stand 12 and projects through a slot in the thereby the advantage is obtained that for latter into the hollow space of same. On an equal proportion of reduction 0 all obboth ends of the axle 21 of the toothed wheeljects' to be taken one adjustment only with a hand wheel 22 is placed, by which the the aid of the opaque glassplate is necessary. toothed wheel 19 can be turned in such a 35 For the further takings, the stops must way that the rod 10 together with the camera simply be lowered up n the object to be 1 can be moved up or down in the hollow taken and the distance of the objective from stand. Somewhat above said gearing 18, 19 the object must be kept constant for the dethe outside of the stand carries a projection sired degree of enlargement or reduction by 23 in the boring 24 of which a bolt 25 is inmeans of the scale on the slide for thestops. serted, which possesses on its side facing the The accompanying drawing shows the imrod 10 a tapered projection 26 and who proved apparatus. carries further a screw-threaded portion 27 Figure .1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a sectional on which a nut 28 is screwed. underside plan'view, onthe line A-B of spondingly' turning said nut, th

55 Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a sectional rear view, Fig. 4 is tightened so that the thicker part of same a sectional front view, and Fig. 5 a sectional clamps the rod 10 in such a way that the plan view, on the line G-D of Fig. 3,'of the same is fixed in any desired position, the same, while Fig. 6 shows a detail. disengagement of the rod being efiected by The front part 16 of the camera 1, which loosening the nut. On the foot-plate 11 of 50 carries the objective 15 by means of an adthe hollow stand a column 35 is located parjustable bracket 17, is connected with the allel to the latter, on which a slide 39 is movcasing 2 for the reception of films or plates ably mounted, a toothed wheel 37 being loby te escopic pipes 5, 6 and 13, 14 respeccated in the latter, which projects through a tively which can be fixed to each other, the slot and gears with a toothed rack 36 extend- 55 casing being for this purpose provided with ing over the whole length of the column 35.

By turning the toothed wheel 37 from a hand wheel 40 on the axle 38 of the toothed wheel the slide 39 can be moved up or down.

y means of a set-screw 41. the latter can be picture is taken by the objective, all this being effected through the mediumof a miru ror 54c behind the objective. A renewed adjustment with the aid of the opaque glass xed in any position. At the lower end the plate is not-required for the following tak slide 19 carries on laterally projecting arms ings to be made of the same proportion of 42, 43 two stops 46, which are mounted with size. When taking the following pages of 50 their eye-ends 45 on the thinner parts 44 of the book, the catchers 25 are adjusted by said arms and adapted to be lowered upon means of the slide 39 corresponding to the the object to be taken. The stops can be distanceof these pages from the table 51. approached to or removed from each other The distance of the light reflectors and of along the arms 42, 43 and fixed thereon in the scale from the object to be taken remains u any position by means of a clamp screw 47. thereby the same, so that only the position t the upper end of the slide 39 a curved of height of t e camera must be soaltercd strap 48 IS located, which carries on each of that the pointer 53 is again directed toward the object to be taken.

- arm 52 is arranged which carries a scale With its eye-ends 49 a light reflector 50, by which the same di\-"ision-mark as before, in order to the light issuingfrom any, for instance elec obtain a reduction or enlargement of the M trical source is uniformly distributed onto same size as before. By the improved apparatus, thus the space between the surface of the object to be taken and the objective can or consecutive takings be quickly adjusted to the same distance, simply by comparing 6.5 pointer and scale, so that in one hour takings of about 200 pages can be produced.

I claim- In an apparatus for the photographic reproduction of writings, books or the like, the 7:; combination of a table for the reception of the object to be taken, two parallelly guided slides adapted to be separately adjusted relatively to the table, a camera and a As the stops 46 as well as the strap 48 carrying the illumination device are arranged on a common slide 39, both parts are always kept at the same distance from each other. On the sleeve 39, further a vertical division marks, along which a pointer 53 fixed on the slidable rod 10 can be adjusted when moving the slide 39 or the slidable rod 10.

The manipulation and operation of the apparatus is as follows :The book or the like, from which a picture is lit be taken, is pointer on one slide, stops on the other slide 75 puton the table 51 on which also the appaadapted to be lowered upon the ob ect to be rat-us is placed. First, the slide 39 is so ad- 1 taken, and a scale on the latter slide to cojusted that the stops 46 rest upon the page operate with the pointer, substantially as first to be taken. Then, the slide 10 of the and for the purpose set forth. camera is so adjusted that the pointer 53 is In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset so directed toward a certain division-mark on my hand in the presence of two subscribing the arm 52. The division-marks of the scale witnesses.

on the arm 52 correspond to different ad- HEINRICH JANTSCH. justments of the camera. After the picture Witnesses:

is sharply adjusted on the opaque glass RUDOLPH Fnroirn,

plate, the film or plate is inserted and the ALBERT R. MonAwnrz. 

